Table 218.71.

Number and percentage distribution of 5- to 17-year-old students, by home internet access, race/ethnicity, and locale: 2019

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Race/ethnicity and locale	Number of students1 (in thousands)		Percentage distribution of students,1 by home internet access2
			Total		Access with a broadband subscription							Access without a subscrip- tion3			Either no access or only dial-up access4
					Total, any broadband subscription		Fixed broadband (of any sort)5		Mobile broadband (alone or with dial-up)
1	2		3		4		5		6			7			8
Total6	51,668	(24.9)	100.0	(†)	93.5	(0.07)	82.1	(0.11)	11.4		(0.08)	1.8		(0.03)	4.8		(0.06)
City	15,816	(35.2)	100.0	(†)	92.7	(0.13)	80.3	(0.18)	12.4		(0.14)	2.0		(0.06)	5.3		(0.12)
Large	9,036	(24.7)	100.0	(†)	92.2	(0.16)	79.4	(0.25)	12.9		(0.19)	2.0		(0.08)	5.8		(0.13)
Midsize	3,277	(18.0)	100.0	(†)	92.6	(0.26)	80.2	(0.41)	12.4		(0.30)	2.2		(0.13)	5.2		(0.23)
Small	3,503	(18.5)	100.0	(†)	93.8	(0.23)	82.8	(0.32)	11.0		(0.27)	1.8		(0.11)	4.3		(0.22)
Suburban	21,100	(35.6)	100.0	(†)	95.5	(0.09)	87.2	(0.15)	8.2		(0.12)	1.5		(0.04)	3.1		(0.07)
Large	17,982	(30.3)	100.0	(†)	95.6	(0.09)	87.6	(0.15)	8.0		(0.12)	1.4		(0.05)	3.0		(0.07)
Midsize	2,009	(16.2)	100.0	(†)	95.0	(0.29)	85.5	(0.48)	9.5		(0.39)	1.5		(0.14)	3.5		(0.26)
Small	1,109	(12.1)	100.0	(†)	94.6	(0.38)	84.3	(0.57)	10.3		(0.51)	1.7		(0.20)	3.7		(0.35)
Town	4,734	(40.0)	100.0	(†)	91.8	(0.22)	78.7	(0.32)	13.1		(0.22)	2.4		(0.11)	5.9		(0.18)
Fringe	1,332	(17.3)	100.0	(†)	93.4	(0.40)	81.7	(0.65)	11.7		(0.46)	1.8		(0.20)	4.8		(0.39)
Distant	2,153	(21.9)	100.0	(†)	91.4	(0.37)	78.0	(0.46)	13.4		(0.32)	2.6		(0.19)	6.0		(0.28)
Remote	1,249	(17.7)	100.0	(†)	90.7	(0.40)	76.7	(0.52)	13.9		(0.44)	2.5		(0.23)	6.8		(0.34)
Rural	10,018	(47.4)	100.0	(†)	91.3	(0.15)	75.7	(0.23)	15.6		(0.18)	1.9		(0.08)	6.8		(0.13)
Fringe	5,167	(29.3)	100.0	(†)	93.9	(0.19)	81.7	(0.30)	12.1		(0.24)	1.8		(0.10)	4.4		(0.16)
Distant	3,836	(30.8)	100.0	(†)	89.2	(0.24)	69.5	(0.39)	19.7		(0.29)	2.0		(0.11)	8.9		(0.21)
Remote	1,014	(15.4)	100.0	(†)	86.6	(0.39)	68.5	(0.56)	18.1		(0.43)	2.5		(0.17)	10.9		(0.35)
White	25,946	(11.1)	100.0	(†)	95.4	(0.07)	86.2	(0.12)	9.2		(0.09)	1.4		(0.03)	3.2		(0.07)
City	5,156	(21.3)	100.0	(†)	95.9	(0.15)	89.0	(0.23)	6.9		(0.18)	1.5		(0.08)	2.6		(0.13)
Large	2,354	(13.3)	100.0	(†)	95.5	(0.24)	89.0	(0.33)	6.5		(0.24)	1.3		(0.12)	3.2		(0.21)
Midsize	1,178	(11.3)	100.0	(†)	96.6	(0.26)	90.2	(0.44)	6.5		(0.36)	1.7		(0.15)	1.7		(0.20)
Small	1,624	(12.6)	100.0	(†)	96.0	(0.23)	88.3	(0.37)	7.6		(0.32)	1.5		(0.14)	2.5		(0.22)
Suburban	10,449	(27.5)	100.0	(†)	97.3	(0.08)	91.3	(0.15)	6.0		(0.11)	1.0		(0.05)	1.7		(0.07)
Large	8,631	(24.5)	100.0	(†)	97.4	(0.09)	91.8	(0.15)	5.6		(0.12)	0.9		(0.05)	1.7		(0.08)
Midsize	1,139	(13.3)	100.0	(†)	96.9	(0.26)	89.5	(0.42)	7.5		(0.34)	1.1		(0.17)	2.0		(0.23)
Small	678	(9.6)	100.0	(†)	96.7	(0.34)	87.9	(0.74)	8.7		(0.61)	1.5		(0.26)	1.9		(0.24)
Town	2,759	(24.4)	100.0	(†)	94.8	(0.23)	84.6	(0.36)	10.2		(0.26)	1.7		(0.12)	3.4		(0.19)
Fringe	806	(11.7)	100.0	(†)	95.9	(0.35)	86.7	(0.67)	9.2		(0.52)	1.2		(0.17)	2.9		(0.35)
Distant	1,268	(14.6)	100.0	(†)	94.3	(0.37)	83.4	(0.49)	10.9		(0.34)	2.0		(0.20)	3.6		(0.27)
Remote	685	(11.1)	100.0	(†)	94.4	(0.48)	84.4	(0.66)	10.0		(0.55)	1.9		(0.25)	3.7		(0.38)
Rural	7,582	(31.6)	100.0	(†)	92.6	(0.14)	77.7	(0.24)	14.9		(0.21)	1.9		(0.07)	5.6		(0.12)
Fringe	3,818	(19.8)	100.0	(†)	94.8	(0.19)	83.6	(0.31)	11.2		(0.28)	1.7		(0.11)	3.5		(0.16)
Distant	3,042	(21.7)	100.0	(†)	90.4	(0.24)	71.3	(0.39)	19.1		(0.30)	1.9		(0.11)	7.7		(0.22)
Remote	721	(10.6)	100.0	(†)	90.1	(0.41)	73.7	(0.57)	16.4		(0.43)	2.3		(0.18)	7.6		(0.35)
Black	6,897	(20.6)	100.0	(†)	89.6	(0.20)	74.8	(0.26)	14.8		(0.23)	2.9		(0.11)	7.5		(0.19)
City	3,195	(21.6)	100.0	(†)	88.6	(0.32)	71.6	(0.44)	16.9		(0.40)	3.1		(0.19)	8.4		(0.30)
Large	1,958	(16.7)	100.0	(†)	89.0	(0.37)	72.5	(0.58)	16.6		(0.51)	2.9		(0.22)	8.1		(0.32)
Midsize	699	(10.0)	100.0	(†)	86.6	(0.74)	68.9	(0.95)	17.7		(0.81)	3.6		(0.43)	9.8		(0.66)
Small	537	(9.0)	100.0	(†)	89.6	(0.69)	72.3	(0.99)	17.2		(0.93)	2.8		(0.36)	7.6		(0.62)
Suburban	2,613	(19.9)	100.0	(†)	93.0	(0.34)	82.4	(0.43)	10.7		(0.35)	2.3		(0.18)	4.7		(0.27)
Large	2,321	(19.7)	100.0	(†)	93.4	(0.32)	82.8	(0.45)	10.6		(0.39)	2.2		(0.17)	4.4		(0.27)
Midsize	203	(7.3)	100.0	(†)	91.7	(1.51)	79.2	(1.99)	12.5		(1.49)	2.5		(0.69)	5.8		(1.37)
Small	89	(4.2)	100.0	(†)	85.9	(2.08)	77.1	(2.64)	8.8		(1.43)	4.5	!	(1.36)	9.6		(1.62)
Town	490	(9.6)	100.0	(†)	82.9	(0.92)	64.7	(1.17)	18.2		(0.77)	5.5		(0.59)	11.7		(0.78)
Fringe	106	(4.9)	100.0	(†)	84.1	(1.99)	69.8	(2.50)	14.3		(1.90)	5.2		(1.51)	10.7		(1.53)
Distant	270	(7.3)	100.0	(†)	82.9	(1.24)	65.2	(1.59)	17.6		(1.04)	5.8		(0.78)	11.4		(1.03)
Remote	114	(4.7)	100.0	(†)	81.9	(2.02)	58.8	(2.08)	23.2		(1.87)	4.9		(1.14)	13.2		(1.46)
Rural	600	(11.7)	100.0	(†)	85.0	(0.76)	66.7	(1.03)	18.3		(0.88)	2.9		(0.44)	12.1		(0.61)
Fringe	319	(10.5)	100.0	(†)	90.5	(1.07)	76.5	(1.44)	14.0		(1.02)	2.3		(0.63)	7.2		(0.81)
Distant	224	(5.8)	100.0	(†)	80.3	(1.26)	57.2	(1.56)	23.1		(1.66)	3.3		(0.56)	16.4		(1.16)
Remote	58	(3.1)	100.0	(†)	73.1	(2.58)	49.5	(3.14)	23.6		(2.86)	4.4		(1.12)	22.4		(2.52)
Hispanic	13,128	(13.7)	100.0	(†)	90.9	(0.15)	75.9	(0.22)	15.0		(0.19)	2.2		(0.06)	6.9		(0.15)
City	5,423	(23.8)	100.0	(†)	90.8	(0.22)	74.6	(0.35)	16.1		(0.27)	2.1		(0.10)	7.2		(0.21)
Large	3,555	(16.6)	100.0	(†)	90.7	(0.28)	74.7	(0.42)	16.1		(0.33)	2.0		(0.12)	7.3		(0.25)
Midsize	996	(12.0)	100.0	(†)	90.7	(0.54)	73.2	(0.83)	17.5		(0.69)	2.0		(0.22)	7.3		(0.47)
Small	873	(12.7)	100.0	(†)	91.2	(0.62)	76.3	(0.79)	14.9		(0.55)	2.3		(0.23)	6.5		(0.56)
Suburban	5,494	(22.3)	100.0	(†)	92.2	(0.20)	80.2	(0.28)	12.0		(0.29)	2.2		(0.11)	5.7		(0.19)
Large	4,780	(20.2)	100.0	(†)	92.3	(0.21)	80.7	(0.31)	11.6		(0.30)	2.2		(0.11)	5.5		(0.19)
Midsize	468	(9.9)	100.0	(†)	91.3	(0.70)	77.4	(1.20)	13.9		(1.01)	2.3		(0.36)	6.4		(0.63)
Small	247	(6.9)	100.0	(†)	91.1	(1.06)	75.8	(1.58)	15.3		(1.35)	1.6		(0.40)	7.3		(0.97)
Town	1,103	(15.1)	100.0	(†)	88.2	(0.53)	70.1	(0.73)	18.2		(0.60)	2.6		(0.30)	9.2		(0.47)
Fringe	315	(10.2)	100.0	(†)	89.5	(1.10)	71.3	(1.59)	18.2		(1.11)	2.0		(0.41)	8.5		(1.06)
Distant	465	(9.2)	100.0	(†)	87.8	(0.86)	70.0	(1.23)	17.9		(0.90)	2.4		(0.42)	9.8		(0.85)
Remote	322	(7.0)	100.0	(†)	87.6	(0.99)	69.0	(1.24)	18.6		(1.10)	3.5		(0.70)	8.9		(0.80)
Rural	1,108	(14.7)	100.0	(†)	88.0	(0.55)	67.2	(0.77)	20.8		(0.60)	2.0		(0.19)	10.0		(0.50)
Fringe	653	(14.2)	100.0	(†)	89.9	(0.78)	71.6	(1.09)	18.3		(0.89)	2.0		(0.26)	8.2		(0.71)
Distant	352	(8.8)	100.0	(†)	85.5	(1.00)	61.3	(1.27)	24.1		(1.08)	2.1		(0.32)	12.5		(0.86)
Remote	103	(4.3)	100.0	(†)	84.9	(1.40)	58.9	(2.18)	26.0		(1.87)	2.1		(0.42)	13.0		(1.33)
Asian	2,526	(10.6)	100.0	(†)	97.7	(0.13)	90.5	(0.25)	7.2		(0.24)	0.9		(0.08)	1.4		(0.11)
City	1,056	(11.1)	100.0	(†)	97.0	(0.23)	88.8	(0.36)	8.3		(0.39)	1.0		(0.13)	2.0		(0.21)
Large	654	(8.1)	100.0	(†)	96.5	(0.33)	86.8	(0.56)	9.8		(0.53)	1.1		(0.17)	2.4		(0.31)
Midsize	191	(5.5)	100.0	(†)	97.7	(0.47)	91.3	(0.84)	6.3		(0.70)	0.9	!	(0.28)	1.5		(0.43)
Small	211	(5.6)	100.0	(†)	98.2	(0.41)	92.7	(0.70)	5.4		(0.63)	0.9	!	(0.31)	1.0		(0.27)
Suburban	1,277	(11.3)	100.0	(†)	98.4	(0.14)	92.3	(0.34)	6.2		(0.31)	0.8		(0.11)	0.8		(0.10)
Large	1,183	(11.6)	100.0	(†)	98.4	(0.15)	92.4	(0.33)	6.0		(0.31)	0.8		(0.11)	0.8		(0.10)
Midsize	63	(3.0)	100.0	(†)	97.2	(0.75)	90.6	(1.52)	6.6		(1.33)	1.0	!	(0.43)	1.9	!	(0.59)
Small	32	(2.2)	100.0	(†)	99.3	(0.35)	90.1	(2.53)	9.2		(2.49)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Town	61	(3.3)	100.0	(†)	94.7	(0.98)	85.9	(1.78)	8.8		(1.34)	2.8		(0.67)	2.5	!	(0.82)
Fringe	20	(2.0)	100.0	(†)	96.4	(1.48)	90.4	(2.54)	6.0	!	(2.10)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Distant	22	(1.8)	100.0	(†)	92.6	(2.06)	81.0	(3.62)	11.6		(2.49)	5.7		(1.65)	‡		(†)
Remote	19	(1.7)	100.0	(†)	95.4	(2.14)	86.9	(2.82)	8.6		(2.44)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Rural	131	(4.3)	100.0	(†)	97.0	(0.61)	89.1	(0.99)	7.9		(0.80)	0.7	!	(0.22)	2.2		(0.54)
Fringe	110	(4.3)	100.0	(†)	98.0	(0.64)	91.4	(1.07)	6.6		(0.92)	0.6	!	(0.23)	1.4	!	(0.57)
Distant	17	(1.5)	100.0	(†)	95.4	(1.72)	81.1	(3.19)	14.3		(2.42)	‡		(†)	4.0	!	(1.59)
Remote	5	(0.7)	100.0	(†)	81.7	(5.84)	65.9	(6.69)	15.8		(4.53)	‡		(†)	14.5	!	(5.57)
Pacific Islander7	97	(3.7)	100.0	(†)	88.0	(1.86)	73.9	(2.14)	14.1		(1.76)	2.0	!	(0.82)	10.1		(1.66)
American Indian/Alaska Native7	405	(5.3)	100.0	(†)	81.4	(0.65)	63.9	(0.80)	17.5		(0.71)	3.0		(0.31)	15.7		(0.60)
Two or more races7	2,473	(20.4)	100.0	(†)	95.8	(0.19)	87.1	(0.34)	8.7		(0.29)	1.4		(0.12)	2.8		(0.16)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Includes all students who are 5 to 17 years old and live in a household.

2 Percentages refer to students whose household members access the Internet at home by the means specified.

3 Includes respondents living in a city or town that provides free internet services for its residents.

4 Includes households where no member accesses the Internet at home as well as households where members access the Internet only with a dial-up service.

5 Excludes mobile broadband but includes all other non-dial-up internet services, such as DSL, cable modem, and fiber-optic cable.

6 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately.

7 Data for this race category cannot be broken out by locale.

NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States. However, this table includes only students living in households, because respondents living in group quarters (e.g., shelters, healthcare facilities, or correctional facilities) were not asked about internet access. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2019, Restricted-Use Data File. (This table was prepared September 2021.)